# ノ — katakana “no”

ノ is the katakana character for the sound “no”. It is written with 1 stroke, and in hiragana the same sound is の.

- Reading: no
- Strokes: 1
- Hiragana: の

## Words with ノ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ノート | nooto | notebook |
| ノック | nokku | knock |
| ノウハウ | nouhau | know-how |
| ピアノ | piano | piano |
| ホノルル | honoruru | Honolulu |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/katakana-chart/no/. Last updated 2026-11-01.